{"id":599910,"date":"2026-02-13T01:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/599910\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T01:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:32","slug":"snl-star-kam-patterson-receives-hilarious-gift-from-orlando-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/599910\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL&#8217; star Kam Patterson receives hilarious gift from Orlando Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBC\u2019s premiere weekly comedy show has a new fan favorite in Kam Patterson, and the former \u2018Kill Tony\u2019 podcast regular is living out his dreams sitting courtside at his favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/nba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> team as well.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/best-moments-from-saturday-night-live-s-50th-anniversary-special\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> star recently joined the legendary program in 2026. Since then, the 26 year old has gained massive stardom piggybacking off of his fast rise as a standup comedian.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Patterson showed up to the Orlando Magic\u2019s home game Wednesday against the Milwaukee Bucks. However, the new \u2018SNL\u2019 comedian received a special gift from the NBA franchise.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/megan-thee-stallion-joins-star-studded-2026-winter-olympics-coverage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Thee Stallion joins star-studded 2026 Winter Olympics coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kam Patterson in the house \ud83d\ude02<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teleties?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@teleties<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFTOmz2w4c\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hFTOmz2w4c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrlandoMagic\/status\/2021741775166017618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Magic <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OrlandoMagic\/status\/2021741775166017618?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">took to their social media prior to the loss<\/a> to hand deliver an inside joke that Kam Patterson has been vocal about for years.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For years, Patterson has joked about his love for rocks, including mentioning it many times on Tony Hinchcliffe\u2019s \u2018Kill Tony.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It appears Orlando\u2019s PR team has been following Patterson\u2019s career because his reaction was priceless after he was handed a custom-painted Magic rock while seated in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/orlando-magic-release-stunning-jerseys-celebrating-previous-generation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Magic release stunning jerseys celebrating previous generation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/default-347-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121661\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday Night Live\u2019s 50th anniversary ornament was designed and made by Joy to the World Collectibles.<\/p>\n<p>Kam Patterson has been one of several young comics added to the new \u2018SNL\u2019 roster in 2026. He joins Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall and Veronika Slowikowska on the hit program.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories on The Big Lead <\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>OLYMPICS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/norway-skier-goes-viral-displaying-insane-winter-olympics-speed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Norway skier goes viral after displaying insane Winter Olympics speed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUPER BOWL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/ranking-the-last-10-nfl-champions-v\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranking the last 10 NFL Super Bowl champions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/rangers-nolan-ryan-jersey-giveaway-is-a-bloody-mess\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers\u2019 Nolan Ryan jersey giveaway is a bloody mess<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MEDIA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/photos-potential-suspect-nancy-guthrie-disappearance-released-fbi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photos of potential suspect in Nancy Guthrie disappearance released by FBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/nba-power-rankings-ahead-2026-all-star-break\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Power Rankings ahead of 2026 All-Star Break<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VIRAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/norwegian-olympic-star-stuns-girlfriend-winning-bronze-medal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Norwegian Olympics star makes stunning girlfriend admission after winning bronze medal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBC\u2019s premiere weekly comedy show has a new fan favorite in Kam Patterson, and the former \u2018Kill Tony\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,74,80085,80086,48,6,47,76,3883,80087],"class_list":{"0":"post-599910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-kam-patterson","11":"tag-kill-tony","12":"tag-magic","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-orlando","15":"tag-orlando-magic","16":"tag-orlandomagic","17":"tag-saturday-night-live"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116060696093511217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}